List of Figures Introduction, Richard Walsh, Methodist University, USA Part 1: Contexts 1. Apocalypse Noir: The Book of Revelation and Genre - Michelle Fletcher, King’s College London, UK 2. Counting Errors or Understanding Filmic History: Historiophoty and Bible Films - Anne Moore, University of Calgary, Canada 3. In the Creator’s Image: Divine and Mundane Self-Reproduction in Science Fiction Films - Christopher Heard, Pepperdine University, USA 4. Murderous Archaeologists, Doubting Priests, and Mesopotamian Demons: The Bible in Horror and Adventure Cinema - Kevin M. McGeough, University of Lethbridge, Canada 5. Comedic Films and the Bible - George Aichele, Adrian College, USA 6. The First Seventy Years of Jesus Films: A Canonical, Source-Critical History - Jeffrey L. Staley, Seattle University, USA 7. Justice, Empire, and Nature: Deliverance, Covenant, and New Creation in East Asian Cinema - Sze-kar Wan, SMU Perkins School of Theology, USA 8. Biographical Approaches to Jesus Films: Prospects for Bible and Film, Dwight H. Friesen – Independent Scholar 9. Frames and Borders in Deuteronomy and Films on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict - Brian Britt, Virginia Tech University, USA 10. “Blessed are the Peacemakers,” The Deployment of Jesus in American and German Cinema During and After WWI - David J. Shepherd, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland 11. German Jesus Movies - Reinhold Zwick, Wilhems University, Munster, Germany 12. Once Upon a Time in the West…The Fate of Religion, the Bible, and the Italian Western - James G. Crossley, St. Mary’s University Twickenham, UK Part 2: Theories 13. A Return to Form: Bible, Film Theory, and Film Analysis - Laura Copier, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands 14. Seven Stages of Affect: Religion, Affect, and Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ - Robert Paul Seesengood, Albright College, USA 15. Rock Me Sexy Jesus?: Gender and Sexuality in Biblical Films Rhiannon Graybill, Rhodes College, USA 16. “Sooner Murder an Infant in Its Cradle”: Wisdom and Childlessness in The Sweet Hereafter - Jay Twomey, University of Cincinnati, USA 17. Son of Man: A Case Study in Translation, Postcolonialism, and Biblical Film - Hugh Pyper, University of Sheffield, UK 18. American Slavery, Cinematic Violence, and the (Sometimes) Good Book - Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch, Eastern University, USA 19. Deleuze on Film, and the Bible - George Aichele, Adrian College, USA 20. There’s a New Messiah in Town: The Messianic in the Western - Robert Paul Seesengood, Albright College, USA and Richard Walsh, Methodist University, USA 21. Lars von Trier’s Dogville as a Cinematic Parable -Matthew S. Rindge, Gonzaga University, USA Part 3: Texts 22. Can We Try that Again? The Fate of the Biblical Canon on Film - Matthew Page, Bible and Film Blogger 23. Reversing the Hermeneutical Flow: Noah’s Flood in Recent Hollywood Films - Adele Reinhartz, University of Ottawa, Canada 24. A Genre(s) Approach to The Prince of Egypt - P. Jennifer Rohrer-Walsh, Methodist University, USA 25. “What Child is This?” Reflections on the Child Deity and Generic Lineage of Exodus: Gods and Kings - Richard Walsh, Methodist University, USA 26. “What Shall We do with the Tainted Maiden?” Film Treatments of the Book of Esther - Deborah W. Rooke, University of Oxford, UK 27. Desert Tales: Mark and Last Days in the Desert - Tina Pippin, Agnes Scott College, USA 28. A Revolutionary Passion Film: Giovanni Columbu’s Su Re (The King) - Lloyd Baugh, Gregorian University, Italy 29. A Deadly Daughter? Salome’s Cinematic Afterlife - Caroline Vander Stichele, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands 30. Belief is in the Eye of the Spectator: Beholding the Other Actor’s Reaction - Jon Solomon, University of Illinois, USA 31. Ben-Hur (2016): Jesus Finds a Voice - Larry J. Kreitzer, University of Oxford, UK Filmography List of Contributors Modern Author Index Scripture Index Film Index

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